Symptoms of depression and alexithymic burden in middle-aged men

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-261

  Honkalampi, Kirsi ^a,c   Lehto, Soili M ^a,b   Hintikka, Jukka ^a,d   Koivumaa Honkanen, Heli ^a,e,f   Niskanen, Leo ^c,e   Viinamäki, Heimo ^a,d  

^a Departments of Psychiatry   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Kuopio Psychiatric Center   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALEXITHYMIA; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LETTER; LIFE SATISFACTION SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FINLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77952514798     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000315132     Document Type: Letter

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